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Dennis Wollersheim
I want use my leadership and systems engineering skills to improve the health of Victorians.
Relevant Employment
Senior Public Health Officer
Melbourne
Department of Health
Present - 2020
- Developed data pipelines (using R, SQL, Excel, Bash, Azure) that automated the tasks of three staff who left the Covid team
- Collaborated with five different groups including Center for Victorian Data Linkage and Health Protection Branch, notably developing specialised dashboards, reports and setting up teams channels, to facilitate communication and automate data sharing.
- Started a 14 member R User’s group to promote best practice across multiple teams
Public Health Researcher
Bundoora
La Trobe University
Present - 2001
- Collaborated with teams from Public Health, Health Information Management, Health Administration, Counselling Psychology, Physiotherapy and Computer Science
- Worked with billion-record health datasets, Australia wide meshblock level GIS data, Azure and local La Trobe computer clusters, Postgres and Mysql databases, Drupal content management system, Redcap surveys and various machine learning paradigms
- Fifty five publications, 845 Citations, with an h-index of 15.
Health Information Management Lecturer
Bundoora
La Trobe University
2020 - 2002
- Designed, coordinated and taught subjects in data modelling, systems analysis, Tableau, R, SQL, artificial intelligence, systems analysis, Perl, Access, Excel. Sample course materials here
- Course and subject design, thesis supervision, administrative process redesign
- Generated per-student unique assignments based on subsections of massive health datasets, facilitating collaboration and peer learning
Computer Consultant
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Crawford Consulting
1991 - 1987
- Systems analysis, computer consulting and Foxpro database design for a range of provincial and municipal government clients. Implemented data driven systems that were used for over five years
Education
My combination of social and technical skills is unique and functional, especially in the health context.
Phd (Computer Science)
Bundoora
La Trobe University
2005 - 2001
- Thesis topic: Dynamic Query Expansion for Information Retrieval of Imprecise Medical Queries
- Created a ‘Google for doctors’, using natural language processing and the 1.2 million term Unified Medical Language System to enhance medical information retrieval
BASc (Computer Science)
Lethbridge, AB, Canada
University of Lethbridge
1985 - 1981
- Created a graphics tablet based electronic ruler to facilitate data entry of 2400 poplar leaf measurements
Personal Experience
Peer Counselling Teacher
Melbourne
N/A
Present - 1996
- Active member of a grass roots peer leadership training network
- Led 30 person multi day workshops, and weekly and monthly groups of multi year duration
Committee Secretary
Brunswick East
The Bicycle Recycle Shed
Present - 2015
- Improved the volunteer induction pipeline, leading to a 10x growth in new volunteer signups
Board Secretary
Springvale
South East Community Links (SECL)
2011 - 2009
- Co-opted to the board to advise on the transition to digital records. SECL has a budget of over $4million / year